外研英语九下Module3Unit2Weweren’tveryrich,butwewerehappy教学.pptVIP

* Unit 2 We werent very rich, but we were happy. 1．My sister was the eldest child and she left school when she was only 12 to help my mother at home. 我姐姐是家 里最大的孩子，她 12 岁的时候辍学在家帮妈妈做事。 eldest 为形容词 old 的最高级形式，意为“年龄最大 的”。如： His eldest son is a doctor.他的长子是一名医生。 elder, eldest 与 older, oldest (1)elder 与 eldest 主要用于家人之间表明长幼关系， 通常只用于人而不用于物，只用作定语而不用作表语(作 名词时可用作表语，此时通常有冠词或物主代词修饰)， 也不与 than 连用。如： This is my eldest daughter.这是我的大女儿。 Jim is my eldest.吉姆是我最大(的孩子)。 (2)older 与 oldest 是 old 通常的比较级和最高级，可 用于人或物，可用作表语或定语，可与 than 连用。如： He is older than me.他比我年纪大。 This is the oldest temple in